Display dispenser



May 15, 19231 1,454,860

- W. RELIH A N DISPLAY DISPENSER Filed July 1.. 1920 2 Sheets-Sheet iWil'nepded: jnvenior;

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Patented May 15, 1923.

UNITED STATES.

WILLIAM RELI HAN, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO ROBERT GAIRCOMPANY,

PATENT OFFICE.

OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEWYORK.

DISPLAY DISPENSER.

Application filed July 1, 1920. Serial No. 393,327.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM RELIHAN, acitizen of the United States, residin in Brooklyn, in the county ofKings and tate of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Display Dispensers, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to improvements in display containers ofsemi-easel type and from which the goods are dispensed to the purchaser.

One of the objects of the device is to provide a. container made from asingle flat sheet and of such assembly construction as will permit ofthe majority of the blanking, cutting and scoring operations to beperformed in aminimum number of handlings and preferably in a singleoperation without the rehandling of the blank therefor.

Another important advance" is the provision of a display dispenser whichmay be held in substantially rectangular container form of a contourbest suited to the needs of the goods which are displayed and dispensedtherefrom, holding them in easy dispensing position, and the containerbeing constructed in a rigid, non-collapsible manner without the use ofglue in making up any of the joints thereon.

Another object of the device isthat it maybe shipped knocked-down andquickly and easily assembled without the use of special machinery.

The invention further contemplates, the provision of a container whichis adapted to assume a substantially rectangular form to be enclosed ina rectangular casing, and which container, when removed from the ocasing, is-ready to' be folded into display or easel position with. thegoods contained therein, or not, as desired.

The invention still further contemplates the production of a displaycontainer from a blank which can be cut with a. minimum' the displaysurfaces carrysuflicie'nt area topermit of the provision of'plenty ofspace for advertising purposes and preferably in the present'instance,all such surfaces should I be arranged in a single plane thus creatingdown from the connecting member 9 an in the sections 7 and 8. Thelocking mema great deal of economy in the manufacture of the containeritself.

. Obviously enough, great economy in the present instance consists insimplifying the creating of the .blank.for carton purposes and soconstructing the same as to ermit such operation to be performed prefdrably by a single operation, and also presenting the display surfacesin a single plane so that they may be printed on such surfaces in such amanner that when the blank is folded into display container form, allsuch display surfaces are simultaneously presented to the vision.

These and other features, capabilities and advantages of the inventionwill appear from the subjoined detail description of one specificembodiment thereof, illustrated in the accompanying'drawings, in whichFigure 1 is a perspective showing the container set up in displayposition; 75

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the container enclosed in a casing readyforshipment; v

Fig. 3 is an end view of the container enclosed in a casing;

Fig. 4 is a plan of the container ready to be packed into a casing;

Fig. 5 is an enlarged fragmental on the line 5-5 of Fig. 4-; and

Fig. 6 is a plan of a blank before being folded.

The displaycontainer, when folded, comprises essentially two containersections 7 and 8, an intermediate connecting member 9, and lockingmembers 11 and 1 2 extendin section interlocking with the sections 7 and8 to lock the display container in upright display'position, as shown inFig. 1. The sections 7 and 8 each have an end wall 13 and two side walls14: and 15, the adjacent. ends of the sections 7 and 8 not beingprovided with walls, thereby facilitating the draping of goods over theconnecting mema her 9 with the ends ofthe goods suspended.

here 11 and 12 are substantially triangular and extensive in surfacearea to afford adequate space for advertising purposes and the like. Thelocking members 11 and 12 are furthermore provided with .neck por tions16 .of preferably the heightof the walls 14 and I5 and scored alongthelines 17 shown in 6, to facilitate folding the locking members 11 and12 over the goods, as shown in Fig. 4, with the neck portion 16 inalinement with the walls 14 and 15.

' For securing the locking members 11 and 12 to the container sections 7and 8, each locking member is provided with lateral tongues 17 notchedat 18 to extend into the cuts 19 shown in Fig. 6, and thereby securelyanchor the sections 7 and 8 in place at an angle relative to oneanother, as shown in Fig. 1. The neck portions 16 are defined from theconnecting member 9 by the scorings 35.

The blank, as shown in Fig. 6, is provided with parallel scoringsy20, 21and 22, the cuts 19, and scorings 35, as shown being preferably inalinement with the scorings 20. Each of the sections of the blank isfurthermore provided with two three-sided cuts 23 formin lockingtongues. The scorings 20, 21 an 22 and cuts 23 will cooperate to producethe walls 14 and 15. The

width of the portions of the walls 14 and 15 included between theirouter edges and the scorings 22 is commensurate with the distance thecuts 23 are spaced from the scorings 20. blank is furthermore providedwith parallel scorings 24, 25 and 26, which cooperate to form the endWalls 13. Each of the sections 7 and 8 is also provided with two arms 27and 28, which in the blank illustrated in Fig. 6, appear ascontinuations of the portions included betweenthe scorings 20 and 21.The scorings 29 at right angles.

to the scorings 20 and 21 define the arms 27 and 28 from the aforesaidincluded portions and also define the location along which the arms areto be folded. The ends of the arms 27 and 28 are providedwithcooperating locking tongues 30 and 31. The

portions of the end walls 13 included between their outer edges and thescorings '26. The aforementioned blank is preferably blanked, scored andcut, as described, in one operation. For folding the sections 7 and 8into container position, it' is first desirable to form the walls 14 and15, which is accomplished by folding inwardlv along the scorlugs 20 and21 and outwardly along'the scorings 22 with the portions includedbetween the scorings 21 and 22 forming the inner lining of such walls.Thereupon the portion' included between the outer edges of the walls andthe scorings 22 are slipped under the tongues formed by the cuts 23, as

Each of the sections of the shown in Figs. 4 and 5. The walls 14 and 15are now in position.

Thereupon the end walls 13' are folded inwardly along the scorings 24and 25 and outwardly along the scorings 26 so that the portions includedbetween the scorings 25 and 26 will form the inner lining of the endwalls 13 and the portions included between the outer edge of the blankand the scorings 26 will be retained between the inner side of the sideWalls 14 and 15, as shown in Figs. 1 and 4. Then the arms 27 and 28 arefolded along the scorings 29 to lie along the outside of the walls 13where their tongues 30 interlock to properly secure the walls 14, 15 and13 in position and ing the sections in their stretched-out position, asshown in Fig. 2, ready for shipment. 1 When it is desiredto set up thecontainer for display purposes, it is only necessary to fold thecontainer along the scorings 37 and 38 defining the connecting member 9to assume the position shown in Fig. 1, then foldthe locking members 11and 12 down and slip the tongues 17 into the cuts19, the tongues 17 insuch position extendin between portions of the walls 14 and 15, beingconcealed thereby (see Fig. 1).

It is obvious that various changes and modifications may be made to thedetails of construction without departing from the general spirit orscope'of the invention.

I claim: I

1. A container comprising two container portions, each portion having anopen end, the open ends being adjacent to each other, means forconnecting the container portions at their open ends and permittingpositioning of the container portions in back to back inclined relationfor displaying the contents thereof, and means connected to said meansfor connecting the container portions for supportin the containerportions in posi tion for display.

A container comprising two container portions, each portion havinganopen end,

the open ends being adjacent to each other,

means for providing hinged connection be-- i and free-hanging meansconnected to said means for connecting the container portions I for,supporting the container portions in position for display.

3. A container comprising two container portions, each portion having anopen end, the open ends being adjacent to each other, means forconnecting the container portions at their open ends and spacing themapart and permitting movement of the contalner portions to extendedalined relation for receiving goods and permitting positioning of thecontainer portions in back to back inclined relation for displaying thecontents thereof, there being spacesfintervening between the ends of thesides of the container portions when said portions are in extendedalined relation, and means for providing connecting sides at saidintervening spaces for the container portions when said portions are inextended alined relationand for supporting the container portions whenin display position.

4. A container comprising two container portions, each portion having anopen-end, the open ends being adjacent to eachother. means forconnecting the container portions at their open ends and spacing themapart and permitting movement of the container portions to extendedalined relation for receiving goods and permitting positioning of thecontainer portions in back to back inclined relation for displayingthecontents thereof, there being spaces intervening between the ends of thesides of the container portions when said portions are in extendedalined relation, and means connected to'said means for connecting andspacing for providing connecting sides at said intervening spaces forthe container portions when saidi portions are in extended alinedrelation and forsupporting the container portions when in displayposition.

5. A display container comprising two container portions each portionhaving a bottom, an end wall and sidewalls and be ing open at the endopposite to the end wall,

a connecting member between the open ends,

of the container portions forming a connecting bottom portion betweenthe contain er portions and permitting extension of said portions inalined goods-receiving relation, and. locking members each having asubstantially triangular portion *and a neck portion connected to oneend of said connecting member, the triangular portions of the lockingmembers being positionable between the side walls of'the containerportions over the goods in the container portions when said portions arein extended relation, the neck portions of the locking members when thesame are so positioned providing connecting side walls for the containerportions 'at'the ends of said connecting member.

6. A display container comprising two each portion having a.

7. A display container comprising two container portions, each portionhaving a bottom, an end wall and side walls and being open at the endopposite to the end wall, there being oppositely disposed cuts in thebottom adjacent to the side walls, a connecting strip between thecontainer portions forming a connecting bottom portion between thecontainer-portions and permitting movement of said portions toback-toback inclined display relation, and locking members each having asubstantially triangular ortion'and a neck connected to one end 0 saidconnecting strip, the triangular portion being provided with lockends,the locking members being positionable between the-container portionswhen they are in inclined display relation, said lock-ends of thetriangular portions engaging said bottom cuts, for providing spacingbraces for the container portions.

8. A display container having two container sections, walls on threesides of each container section, an intermediate connecting memberbetween said container sections, locking arms extending from saidconnect ing member, and tongues on said locking arms, there being cutsin said container sections for receiving said tongues to anchor saidcontainer sectlons at an angle to one another.

9. A "display container embracing'a container section having parallelscorings along its sides along which the sections may be folded to formsidewalls, there being upstruck tongues adjacent to the side wallswhencompleted to receive portions of the side walls to anchor the side wallsin position, therefbeing parallel scorings along the end of thecontainer section along which the sebtion may. be folded to form an endwall, and arms extending fromthe side walls and having locking tonguesat their ends to interlock with one another on the outside of the endwall to anchor the side walls and end wall in position and relative toone another.

10. A' blank provided with scorings and cuts for forming by folding theblank on the scorings and cuts a display container comprising twocontainer sections, each section having a bottom, outer and inner'sidewalls and an outer and inner wall at one end; a connecting strip betweenthe unwalled ends of the container sections; and locking members at eachend of said strip.

11. A blank provided with scorings and cuts for forming by folding theblank on the scorings and cuts a display container comprising twocontainer sections, each section having a, bottom, outer and inner sidewalls and antouter and inner wall at one end a strip between theunwalled ends of the container sections forming a connection of thebottoms of the sections; locking members at each end of said strips; andlocking arms forming a" continuation of said outer side walls andinterlockable with each other on the exterior of said outer end walls.

12. A blank provided with scorings and cuts for forming by folding theblank on the scorings and cuts a display container comprising twocontainer sections, each section having a bottom provided with oppositely disposed longitudinal cuts and oppositely disposed tongue cutstherein, outer and inner side Walls, the inner side walls having edgeextensions, and an outer and inner wall at one end, the inner end wallhaving an edge extension; a strip betweenthe unwalled ends of thecontainer sections forming a connection of the bottoms of the sections;locking arms'at each .end of said strip, the locking arms havingsubstantially triangular portions and neck portions, the triangularportions being provided with lock-ends; and locking arms forming acontinuation of said outer side Walls and interlockable with each otheron the exterior of said outer end walls; said edge extensions of theinner end walls being engageable with the bottoms of the containersections between the side walls of the sections, and said edgeextensions of the inner side walls being engageable with the bottoms ofthe container sections and under said tongue cuts; said locking membersbeing at one time positionable for providing connection of theouter'side walls of the container sections at the ends of saidconnecting strip, and being at another time positionable for engagingthe lock-ends of the locking members with said longitudinal bottom cutsof the container sections.

WILLIAM RELIHAN. lVitnesses:

PATRICK F. GAFFINY, ARTHUR J. Kos'rER.

